Consortium

Converse have just released a premium UK exclusive Cons CTS Mid skate shoe in a Dark Navy/Angora colourway designed by Cons UK head honcho Neil Chester.

This mid top Cons CTS shoe takes it's styling from the infamous Converse Chuck Taylor All Star but is constructed in a durable dark navy suede and has the added comfort of a soft memory foam collar & tongue.

The colourway is understated and so is the branding with a black on dark navy suede Cons All Star tongue label, angora (off white) & black Converse Chuck Taylor All Star heritage leather ankle patch, and an internal Cons Union Jack Lobster woven tongue label.

Each pair come with a free limited edition UK exclusive Cons All Star t-shirt.

Today we received the first product from Nike SB's July drop.

This month sees the welcome return of the Janoski in Black/Black alongside two new Janoski colourways - Red Oxide & Baroque Brown/Black.

Other shoes that have already arrived include a new Gym Red colourway in the Team Edition and re-stocks of the Team Edition in Black/Swan and Koston's pro shoe in Black/White.

With new colours on their way in the Dunk Low, Dunk Mid, Dunk Hi, Koston & Janoski Mid, as well as the first release colour up of the Nike SB Challenge Court, July is set to be a very strong month for Nike SB.

The Adidas Originals Superstar 80s CLOT is the 3rd edition Adidas Originals x CLOT x Kazuki Kuraishi collaboration kzkLOT Breath Series shoe and it's due to be released on 1st July 2012.

Japanese creative genius Kazuki Kuraishi alongside Adidas Originals and Hong Kong retailer CLOT offer the kzkLOT Adidas Originals Superstar 80s in a lightweight collegiate royal mesh upper (chosen specifically to allow feet to breathe in the humid Asian climate).

Adidas signature stripes have been left off and instead contrasting lighter Argentina blue outline stitching marks their usual placement, other Argentina blue accents include the heel moustache & laces.

A vintage white rubber has been used on the shell toe and cupsole to give this sneaker a heritage look.

There's internal suede and a cotton footbed for superior comfort, a white & navy webbed heel loop, and the Superstar 80s CLOT is finished off with Adidas “kzkLOT joint development” logos printed on the tongue & footbed.

The first drop of Diamond Supply Co.'s Summer 2012 collection has arrived and is available at both our Bournemouth and online stores.

The line includes Diamond tanks, t-shirts & raglans with fresh Diamond graphics, as well as re-stocks of some best selling Diamond snapbacks.

The Converse All Star was developed in 1917 by the Converse Rubber Corporation who saw the need for a mass produced basketball shoe when looking to diversify from their existing seasonal galoshes business.

The Converse All Star was embrased by Charles H. Taylor, a basketball player for the Akron Firestones, who liked the All Star shoe so much that in 1921 he joined Converse as a sales rep.

Charles "Chuck" Taylor went on to play for and coach the 'Converse All-Stars' industrial league basketball team, travel all across the United States hosting basketball clinics and promoting the All Star shoe, and initiate marketing strategies like the Converse Basketball Yearbooks.

In 1932 Converse added Chuck Taylor's name to the All Star ankle patch in recognition of Chuck's design input & dedication to the shoe.

The Converse Chuck Taylor All Star has been worn by many, in fact it is said that 60% of US citizens own or have owned at least one pair of All Stars.

The All Star became the official athletic shoe of the United States Armed Forces during World War II when GI's exercised in white high tops.

The Chuck Taylor All Star is a timeless design classic which remains unchanged since 1949.

The All Star is a shoe for athletes and artists, the shoe of the counter culture, rock & roll, fashionistas, rebels, and visionaries.

The Benny Gold Valencia Collection has dropped and is available now from both our online and Bournemouth stores.

Coming out of San Francisco's Bay Area, the Benny Gold brand is headed up by Benny himself and run with a small team of creatives from their flagship store and design studio on 16th Street.

Benny Gold founded the brand back in 2007 when on a day off from his 9-5 he posted stickers around town. From those humble beginnings Benny Gold has grown into a globally recognised and well respected streetwear label.

Benny Gold has collaborated with, and designed artwork for, an impressive rosta of high profile brands including Adidas, JanSport, Medicom, Mighty Healthy, Nike, Real Skateboards, Stussy & Thunder Trucks (Benny is also the man responsible for the original Huf logo).

The Benny Gold Valencia Collection takes influences from the great outdoors & native American culture, with 5 panel caps featuring Native print peaks, alongside snapback caps & t-shirts with the infamous Benny Gold paper aeroplane logo cleverly transformed into a teepee.

Stay gold!

The May 2012 drop from Nike SB brings fresh footwear colourways in the Janoski, Team Edition, Koston, Dunk Low, P-Rod 5, Vulc Rod & Salazar alongside a collaboration collection with Frank Kozik.

Frank Kozik started his career designing black and white flyers for friends bands back in the mid 1980's and went on to design artwork for such notorious artists as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers & The Beastie Boys.

Frank Kozik pieces within the collection include a quickstrike Dunk High with a nod to the Alpha MA 1 jacket, and a handful of t-shirts featuring Frank Kozik graphic artwork.

Following recent collaborations with G-Shock, Skate Mental & Stussy, Parra has just dropped the Rockwell 'Outside Sometimes Collection'.

This Rockwell collection takes a break from their usual signature colour palate and instead works with muted tones throughout, using only white, grey, navy & black.

The quality is top notch as we've all come to expect, with custom made garments throughout and exceptional discharge prints on the t-shirts.

Mighty Healthy Spring 2012 collection available in store and online now.

This is our first offering from New York streetwear label Mighty Healthy and it includes a strong line of graphic t-shirts as well as collaboration pieces from both Diamond Supply Co. & Benny Gold (Benny Gold's brand will soon also be available at consortium).

Mighty Healthy's skate team is headed up by big time rippers Pete Eldridge, Gino Iannucci & Danny Montoya.

They also have some notorious superstar supporters including the likes of The Beatnuts, Cypress Hill, DJ Premier, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon.

Butter N Fags is the Something For The Weekend entry from Bournemouth rippers - Nicky Porter, Danny Bulmer, Craig Loveless & Todd Langdon.

If you haven't heard of Something For Weekend, it's an annual event hosted by Reskue skate shop now in it's fifth year.

Teams of four skaters register (one of whom must be the main filmer), skate spots in the Southampton area over the designated weekend, get some footage, make an edit, and enter the edit into the comp.

Check the Butter N Fags edit and vote for the Bournemouth crew on the Reskue facebook page.